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State registry

How many elevators are in Texas?

60,688 elevators and conveyances are on record in Texas, 60,688 of them active in the device registry.

60,688
active devices
19 yrs
median age
23,455
25+ years old
12,466
40+ years old

Where the elevators are

By county

Active registered devices by county. Dallas County leads with 12,720.

By city

262 cities

Active registered devices by city. Each links to its own count, age profile, and modernization outlook.

DALLAS 8,588AUSTIN 6,947SAN ANTONIO 5,456FORT WORTH 3,257HOUSTON 2,174PLANO 1,586IRVING 1,377EL PASO 1,204ARLINGTON 907FRISCO 897LUBBOCK 821RICHARDSON 783CORPUS CHRISTI 742SPRING 695COLLEGE STATION 639WACO 585GALVESTON 555AMARILLO 499KATY 495MCKINNEY 470SUGAR LAND 449MIDLAND 448TYLER 447DENTON 436ROUND ROCK 419CONROE 382THE WOODLANDS 376LAREDO 332ADDISON 319BEAUMONT 319GRAPEVINE 311ALLEN 311LEWISVILLE 309CARROLLTON 308MCALLEN 308GRAND PRAIRIE 291ABILENE 289SAN MARCOS 283WICHITA FALLS 266GARLAND 260GEORGETOWN 255BRYAN 254NEW BRAUNFELS 239ODESSA 234BROWNSVILLE 225CYPRESS 225TEMPLE 225SAN ANGELO 224LONGVIEW 217RICHMOND 206SOUTHLAKE 197HUMBLE 197EDINBURG 193PASADENA 191MESQUITE 189MANSFIELD 176CEDAR PARK 171VICTORIA 167SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 166BAYTOWN 166

Age of the installed base

Modernization map

Elevators are typically modernized at 25 to 30 years and replaced past 40. Based on install year for 59,291 active devices.

0-10 yrs17,031
10-20 yrs14,054
20-30 yrs11,511
30-40 yrs5,198
40-50 yrs7,609
50+ yrs3,888

Oldest still running

Install years are self-reported to the registry and occasionally reflect the building rather than the car; the very oldest entries are shown with their location so you can judge.

InstalledCityLocation on record
1904DALLAS1801 NORTH LAMAR STREET / LANDMARK CENTER
1904DALLAS1801 NORTH LAMAR STREET / LANDMARK CENTER
1909GALVESTON509 21ST STREET / JUSTINE APARTMENTS
1910GAINESVILLE101 S DIXON STREET / COOKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1911GALVESTON2024 SEAWALL BLVD / GRAND GALVEZ
1912EL PASO123 W MILLS AVE STE 600 / MILLS BUILDING

By device type

55,675 elevators (92%)
2,184 lifts (4%)
1,429 escalators (2%)
1,400 others (2%)

Permit activity in Texas

The markets we track in Texas, with contractor leaderboards: Austin (2,197).

Get Texas in the weekly dispatch: new counts, oldest finds, and modernization movers.

Device data from public state and city registries; see methodology. Permit activity (who is doing the work) lives on the market pages; the running national total is on The Count.